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The hardline, would-be leader of Britain’s most powerful trade union has apologised to Ed Miliband for heckling him at last month’s party conference.

But while Len McCluskey, the favourite to be elected the new general secretary of Unite, has expressed regret at shouting “rubbish” at the new Labour leader, he has also warned Mr Miliband that he should not inflame trades unionists by talking of “irresponsible strikes.”

As 1.6 million members of Unite begin voting today to elect a general secretary as a replacement for Tony Woodley and Derek Simpson, the present joint leaders, Mr McCluskey said in an interview